Ukraine should walk away from peace talks rather than legitimize capitulation – Harvard historian Plokhy
Harvard Ukrainian history professor Serhii Plokhy told Radio NV how the Yalta Conference shaped the world order, what a potential U.S.-Russia-China leaders' meeting could mean and how Ukraine should respond to unfavorable peace terms.
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy argues that Ukraine should reject peace talks that legitimize capitulation. He explains that the Yalta Conference, which shaped the postwar world order, involved the Soviet Union accepting specific concessions, such as a Soviet sphere of influence and Soviet occupation in Manchuria, in exchange for Soviet participation in the war against Japan.
Ukraine's western border, particularly the question of Lviv remaining part of Ukraine, was also settled at Yalta. Plokhy notes that Yalta became a symbol of betrayal in Poland, the Baltic states, and other countries. While the reality was that Stalin controlled a significant portion of Europe, the Western Allies had limited room for maneuver.
The United States' priorities were more focused on creating the United Nations and bringing the Soviet Union into the war against Japan, making Eastern Europe a bargaining chip at the time.
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